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Hi, I am an RN still in the "new-grad" status I guess because so far I only have 4 months of experience. I was pregnant in nursing school and had my daughter 3 weeks after passing boards. After trying for a very long time to find a part-time position and doing a short stint in LTC facility, I accepted a full-time position at the local university teaching hospital. It was AWESOME! I just could not handle being away from my kids so much. I guess I got used to being with them and doing the three 12's was too much. Of course if I had to, I would...but we are able to make things work financially without my income. So, I am currently a SAHM (after attempting LTC once more and being forced to resign- long story) and considering starting up a small business on the side. We are trying for #3 and I hope to go back to nursing in a few years. I miss it so much already...not sure if I can stay away for too long. I just wish there were more part-time opportunities for someone with less experience.

The 4 months I was working I was in a transitional care unit. We take patients being admitted who do not have a bed yet. Anything from acute med-surg to ortho, CHF/cardiac, etc. We also do outpatient infusions so that was good experience for IV infusion administration. Just before I left we started taking interventional radiology patients which was cool. Sorry for rambling...looking forward to chatting here!

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Laura

Pregnant with #3!

"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

Welcome Laura! Thats wonderful you can be home. I cant WAIT till I can be the one at home. But that wont be for another 2 or 3 years. I plan to drop to prn though and that only requires like 24hrs every 6 weeks. That way I can keep up my skills and lets face it, I love nursing! You couldnt go prn where you were?

well hello! i followed the link on my ddb's siggy! awesome! i love this didnt know there was a group here!

i am heather, age not mentioned, married to Corey w/ our son Chase that is 4mnths old this wk.
i grad nsng school in 2008, and have been working on the same floor this entire time. i work at a tertiary hospital in WI, i love the floor, but i am looking for something closer to home. 45 min drive is bad, esp w/ a baby now.
the floor i am on is an ortho/gyn/uro floor. w/ peds overflow, but we really only get like cf tune-ups and stuff like that. nothing major. i have worked on several other floors as a re-al type of thing when we are over and others are short. so i have had my hand in many types of nursing at one time or another. i am a combat medic by trade, so i sure miss my trauma!! i also do wound nursing (WOCN), as a second job, i love that too! covering the whole hospital as well as going into surgery and working a lot closer w/ certain docs. we see pt's in the office to help w/ ostomy problems as well. its great!

i would love to get back into working in a clinic, i used to be an MA, but i think i would not be able to use my skills, and thats my fav part! but to be closer to home, would mean the world! and be a fair trade off!

Hi Everyone...may I join u guys? I am Leslie, mother to Ravi (born 11/2010) and wife to Gautham. I have been a nurse for a little over 3 years. Started out on a cardiac/telemetry unit but now will be working on general surgical unit. I have recently relocated to Virginia from WI (due to DH's job) and I transferred with the Veteran Affairs and now work in Wash DC. My transfer went through 2 weeks before I delivered so I don't really know what to expect on my new unit yet. I will find out Monday when I return to work from maternity leave.